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Alderley, Queensland

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Alderley
BrisbaneQueensland
Alderley Railway Station
Population5,068 (2006 census)
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Established1878
Postcode(s)4051
Area2.4 km (0.9 sq mi)
Location7 km (4 mi) from Brisbane CBD
LGA(s)City of Brisbane
State electorate(s)Ashgrove
Federal division(s)Brisbane
Suburbs around Alderley:
Gaythorne Everton Park
Stafford
Kedron
Enoggera Alderley Grange
Ashgrove
St Johns Wood
Newmarket Wilston

Alderley is a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of the CBD. It is surrounded by Newmarket in the south, Ashgrove and Enoggera in the west, Grange and Stafford in the east and Kedron and Everton Park in the north. At the 2006 census, it had a populatio of 5,068.

In prehistory, the area was inhabited by the Turrbal Aboriginal clan. Corroborees were held at Sedgeley Park estate.

Alderley is an older suburb, having had a post office since 1878 and a railway station since 1899. Trams operated by the Brisbane City Council ran to the suburb between 1949 and 1968. Alderley also consists of several warehouses, a police station and a community-based shopping complex that is anchored by one of only two remaining Bi-Lo supermarkets in Brisbane's northern suburbs (the other one is located in Toombul).


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  • The Alderley Pub The Alderley Pub

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27°25′26″S 153°00′18″E / 27.42389°S 153.00500°E / -27.42389; 153.00500 (Alderley)

Suburbs of the City of Brisbane, Queensland
North of the
Brisbane River
South of the
Brisbane River
Moreton Bay


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